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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The movie has a lot of fun with Irmy being a sword-swallower at the circus.
-->'''Prostitute:''' What do you do in the circus, huh?\\
'''Irmy:''' I'm a sword-swallower.\\
'''Prostitute:''' Oh, a sword-swallower, that's my specialty, too.

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GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you do are reading this in the circus, huh?\\
'''Irmy:''' I'm a sword-swallower.\\
'''Prostitute:''' Oh, a sword-swallower, that's my specialty, too.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Paul the Clown ends up sleeping with Maria, another circus artist, behind Irmy's back. Seeing this, Irmy also ends up having sex with Jack the student.
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->'''Irmy:''' I slept with someone for [money]. Does that makes me a whore?\\
'''Kleinmann:''' Well, no, only by the dictionary definition.

''Shadows and Fog'' is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Creator/WoodyAllen, based on his one-act play ''Death''.

Kleinman (Allen), a meek bookkeeper, is awakened from his sleep by a vigilante mob, who claims to be looking for a serial killer and need his help. However, at one point the mob disappears, and wanders around town searching for the group with the help of Irmy (Creator/MiaFarrow), a circus performer.
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!!This film features examples of:
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Besides being a signature style for some of Allen's movies, the film is in black-and-white as part of its homage to German Expressionism cinema.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The movie has a lot of fun with Irmy being a sword-swallower at the circus.
->'''Prostitute:''' What do you do in the circus, huh?\\
'''Irmy:''' I'm a sword-swallower.\\
'''Prostitute:''' Oh, a sword-swallower, that's my specialty, too.
* {{Homage}}:
** The film is a homage to the German Expressionism works of Creator/FritzLang and Creator/FWMurnau in its visual presentation.
** The film is also decidedly [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafkaesque]] in theme, with the protagonist being awakened by a mob only for it to disappear and him having to wander around looking for them. This is more obvious in Allen's one-act play ''Death'' from which the film is based, in which Kleinman ends up dying pointlessly, as opposed to this film, where he survives.
* KafkaKomedy: Certainly big on this in theme, with the protagonist being confused by the angry mob for the killer, though things end up being solved right at the very end.
* SerialKiller: The mob that recruits Kleinman is looking after a serial killer.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original one-act play, Kleinman ends up dying by the killer, but here he survives.
* YourCheatingHeart: Paul the Clown ends up sleeping with Maria, another circus artist, behind Irmy's back. Seeing this, Irmy also ends up having sex with Jack the student.
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